Neutron star · ~1.337 s period
PSR B1919+21
The first pulsar ever discovered, found by Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish in 1967 as a startlingly regular radio signal once labelled 'LGM-1' for Little Green Men. Its 1.337-second pulses opened the study of neutron stars; the discovery is commemorated on the cover of Joy Division's album Unknown Pleasures.
Highlights
- ›The very first pulsar, discovered in 1967
Classes, physics & objects
Knowledge connections
- Associated withPulsar
- Associated withNeutron Star
- Associated withThe Discovery of Pulsars
- Associated withThe Pulsar Mechanism
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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